Duckington you sir have won thank you

screw walking or running, I'm more trying fly! lol jk but i know that php goes before i have had problems with it in the past but this one isnt working. how can i make the php go first?

so how do i make it go after its clicked and not just when the page starts?

but it will still do the same as if the php was on the page. it still makes 100 copies of the insert

</div><table align="right" width=100%><tr><td align="right"><a style="cursor: pointer" onclick='<?php include("../upvote.php") ?>'><font size=2 color=green>[<?php echo $nt['upcount']; ?>]Upvote</font></a></td><td width=25% align="right"><a style="cursor: pointer" onclick='<?php include("../downvote.php")	?>'><font size=2 color=red>[<?php echo $nt['downcount']; ?>]Downvote</font></a></td></tr></table>  

here is the page its linking too

<?php
session_start();
if(!isset($_SESSION["id"])){
header("location:index.php");
} else {
	$decryptedID = base64_decode($_SESSION['id']);
	$id_array = explode("p3h9xfn8sq03hs2234", $decryptedID);
	$id = $id_array[1];
}


$query = "INSERT INTO board_votes (id, user, vote)
  VALUES('$nt['count']', '$name', 'up')";

mysql_query ($query);


?>

so what should i do instead?